[AT] Some ads from the 8/11 Lancaster Farming

[JParks]

I also suspect that the price on the D6B is also an error...."D6B, good
undercarriage, old but poerful, works
great $1,200."   is one heckuva buy.................

John Parks
Boise, ID
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Some ads from the 8/11 Lancaster Farming


> I suspect that is the exact reason why the paper won't accept any
> submissions except ads hand written on the provided form. But you also
> have to understand that many of the Lancaster Farming subscribers are
> members of various Amish denominations, some of whom, especially the
> older ones, don't speak or write English as their first language and are
> using an old pencil by kerosene lamp light to fill out the forms. I have
> called the numbers in response to some of those ads, and I have not
> always been able to understand more than a few words spoken by the
> seller. Thank goodness for MapQuest, or I would never find their farms,
> based on the directions provided! On the plus side, you can often find
> an old tractor with brand new tires - tires and rims that were taken off
> and set aside, replaced with steel wheels when the tractor was purchased
> brand new.
>
> Mike
>
> Larry D Goss wrote:
> > LOL!  That's what makes publications like the one you're dealing with
and
> > others like "Thrifty Nickel" so much fun to read.  I've always suspected
> > that the ads were called in and miscommunication occurred because of
speech
> > patterns.  Didja ever notice that when someone leaves their phone number
on
> > your answering machine, the number itself is the only undecipherable
item?
> > People get so used to rattling it off that they assume whoever is on the
> > other end can listen with the same speed that the caller can talk.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 5:47 AM
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Some ads from the 8/11 Lancaster Farming
> >
> >
> >
> >>I just sends 'em the way I gets 'em, Skip. And the clerks at the paper
> >>just input them the way the subscribers write them on the coupon inside
> >>the paper, misspellings and all. That's why you see ads for "Ford ate
> >>end" and stuff like that. If you want to complain to the source, call
> >>585-437-2796. :-)
> >>
> >>Mike
> >>
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